A few weeks ago, I received a postcard in the mail telling me I could have groceries delivered from Walmart. It seemed almost too good to be true. I love grocery delivery — at least in concept — and whenever we can, we’ve been driving 30 miles to Gilroy just to go grocery shopping at…
Category: Pointless Complaining about Gas Prices
Farewell My Old Friend the Racing Bike
In 1985, the bicycle I’d used to commute to and from school was stolen off a Greyhound bus and my mother and I went to the local bike shop to get me a new one. The bicycle which caught my eye and my heart was a KHS racing bike with a light aluminum frame, 12…
Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009
I have to say this year has been exciting, and at times spectacular for me. In February, I got to revisit Germany for the first time in many, many years. I had a great time, but I missed my family much more than I expected to. And one lasting part of the experience is that…
The Amazingly Rapid Economic Meltdown
Peter and I joked that the world could fall apart, but we were still going to continue on our trip. I have to say, at times, it did feel like the world collapsed in our absence. I knew Happy Happy Lenderman had left a path of economic destruction, at least in real estate, but I…
Stan Ridgway at the Great American Music Hall
Last night, Peter and I went to San Francisco to see Stan Ridgway perform at the Great American Music Hall. It was one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve seen in a long time, and the acoustics at the Great American Music Hall (which I’d never been in before) were great. I haven’t really been…
So Much Fun in Downtown San Jose
I do go on and on about how jazzed we are to have our offices downtown now. We end up seeing a lot more of downtown San Jose, and there’s always more fun to be had. The weekend before, we’d gone downtown to see the fireworks and thanks to our office building, were able to…
Movie Reviews: Kung Fu Panda and Get Smart
It had been a long time since I’d gone to see a movie in a movie theatre, so long that the Camera Cinemas discount card (10 movies for $50) I still had had been phased out for a new one (10 movies for $60). But this month, I got back into the habit of seeing…
How I (Almost) Spent Only $40 on Gas This Month
This month, I continued my goal to spend only $100 on gasoline for the entire month. I’d barely managed in in May, and this month I didn’t have to drop off and pick up a husband at the San Francisco airport. On the other hand, gas prices jumped (roughly averaged) from about $3.90/gallon in May…
The High Gas Price Exercise Plan
I was worried about creeping weight gain earlier this year, but in the past few weeks, I’ve lost all my excess weight, toned up, and been able to eat all the ice cream I wanted without repercussion: all because I’m so cheap I refuse to pay the going rate for gasoline. Now instead of driving…
My Personal $100 per Month Gas Challenge
At the end of May, gas prices were rising quickly, and they were expected to hit the $4 a gallon threshold imminently. I wasn’t in a situation where I could give up driving altogether, but I decided to give myself a small challenge: could I use less than $100 of gas during the month of…